Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.
Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video
Job overview
Do you have a passion for working with children and families struggling with intensive mental health and emotional difficulties? Do you wish to be part of a growing supportive and innovative team that works across Kent and Medway? If so, an exciting opportunity for a Band 8B Principal Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Psychological Practitioner role has arisen to join the comprehensive Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services (CYPMHS) working across inpatient, home treatment and locality teams across Kent and Medway.
North East London NHS Foundation Trust CYPMHS is based in the County of Kent and is part of comprehensive children’s mental health services which includes an all-age eating disorders service, Neuro-developmental and Learning Disabilities pathways and mental health support services for schools. We have a strong focus on training and research and team members benefit from excellent training and CPD opportunities focused around developing exceptional National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) concordant skills in working with children and young people with emotional and mental difficulties. CYPMHS across Kent and Medway has strong links to CYP-IAPT training courses and leadership opportunities.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a fully registered HCPC/BABCP DBT accreditable Psychological Professional. The role is part of an expanding comprehensive CAMHS transformation in Kent and to be part of an established CYP DBT Team. The post holder will work closely across comprehensive CAMHS and the Kent Sussex & Hampshire provider collaborative and other stakeholders. The CYP DBT Service offers specialist DBT assessments and interventions to YP and their families reducing inpatient and acute admissions and leading to effective outcomes for CYP and families.
The DBT post holder will liaise with CYPMHS services to ensure clear transitions for young people entering or leaving the DBT Service and where appropriate supporting the transition to Adult Services. The post holder will be part of the delivery of a highly specialist therapeutic service to those who require a DBT Service. The post holder will be part of the clinical team and MDT whilst taking on a significant leadership role for developing the DBT service in Kent and being accountable to the Head of Service and Associate Director for inpatient/home treatment and crisis services. We are keen to expand our home treatment therapeutic service offer to include DBT for disordered eating presentations which the post-holder will have a significant role in. We have excellent links to London NELFT’s established and award winning adult DBT service IMPART, and the newly formed CYP DBT service with excellent CPD and supervision opportunities."
Working for our organisation
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.
Use of AI
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Responsibilities include;
1. Clinical Skills
2. Teaching Training and Supervision
3. Research and Evaluation
4. General and Professional
5. Leadership
6. Research and Evaluation
7. Computer/Administration
8. Communication
Please see JD for further detailed information
If you are an overseas qualified nurse and wanting to start your journey to becoming a UK based registered nurse with the NMC, you can check whether you are eligible to be supported through our Capital Nurse consortium. Please visit;. Whilst NELFT is happy to welcome overseas nurses we are unable to consider your application directly. You should submit your interest and apply through the Capital Nurse London group.
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for some job roles, and this will be identified through filtering questions at the start of any job application on the Trac recruitment system.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
9. QualificationsEssential Desirable Measurement • A qualification in one of the following core professions with appropriate associated professional registrations: o Nursing o Social work o Occupational therapy o Clinical psychology o Counselling psychology o Systemic Psychotherapist o Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist • Evidence of continuing professional development. • Post qualification training in the clinical supervision of trainees. Training as part of a CYP IAPT collaborative in a recognised evidenced based approach. Formal training in the supervision of a psychotherapeutic modality. Intensive DBT training.Application Form Interview Assessment State measurement Application Form Interview Assessment For relevant professions, registered with the Health Care Professions Council under domain specific
Experience
Essential criteria
10. • Consolidated experience of specialist psychological assessment and treatment of clients across the full range of care settings, including outpatient, community, primary care, and in-patient settings. • Consolidated experience of working with a wide variety of client groups, across the whole life course presenting problems that reflect the full range of clinical severity including maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems, verbal abuse, and the threat of physical abuse. • Demonstrate further specialist training and experience by having received a minimum of 50 hours of clinical supervision of working as a specialist psychologist or psychotherapist over a minimum of 18 months. • Experience in the treatment of young people with complex trauma and disordered eating. • Delivery of DBT in a clinical setting • Experience of teaching, training and/or supervision • Experience of service development or of a leadership role. • Work with young people that have experienced trauma State measurement Application Form Interview Assessment
Knowledge
Essential criteria
11. • Skills in the use of complex methods of psychological assessment, intervention and management. • Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing appropriate to a variety of audiences. • Skills in providing consultation to other professional and non-professional groups. • Knowledge of the theory and practice of specialised psychological therapies in specific difficult to treat groups ( personality disorder, dual diagnoses, people with additional disabilities, children with complex problems etc). • Understanding of work with young people with disordered eating.
Skills
Essential criteria
12. Basic awareness of IT and IT skills Effective Leadership Skill Accountable for own professional actions, works within professional ethics and trust policies, lead specialist services Ability to form effective working relationships with multidisciplinary team Ability to motivate staff to develop practices and meet new challenges Excellent communication skills, verbal and non-verbal Ability to write detailed reports on present and future services using research methods as appropriate Ability to present and disseminate information both at a senior and field level Ability to develop and use a computerised database and manipulate activity based information, systems and reports Analytic skills (situations and information)
Benefits
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:
13. A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
14. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
15. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
16. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.